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Pre-Colonial Southeast Asia Part I: An Area View 1450 - 1680 A Special Time 1450-1680 was a period of an explosive increase in trade which brought great wealth. Some call the period “Early Modern.” Trade included all parts of Asia plus Europe.

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It is surrounded by seven mountain ranges separated from each other by seven annular seas.

Beyond the seas lie four continents, one at each cardinal direction.

The continent south of Mount Meru is Jambudvipa.

On the slopes of Mount Meru are the four great kings/guardians of the world in the lowest paradise. On the summit in the second paradise are the 33 gods in the city of Sudarsana with Indra reigning as king.

To imitate the city of Sudarsana, 32 main gates were built with a palace making 33. The 32 also corresponded to the number of provincial chiefs with the king being number 33.

The king was supposed to have four principal wives and four secondary wives, representing the four cardinal points and four intermediary directions. They symbolized the four guardian kings of Mount Meru.

The cosmological principle led to four undersecretaries of state, eight assistant undersecretaries, four heralds, four royal messengers, etc.

In a variation on this theme, the king himself could represent the cosmos. His body was Mount Meru; his eyes, the sun and the moon; his arms and legs, the cardinal points; the point on his crown, the spire of Indra’s crown.